Mental Health and the Affordable Care Act As per course requirements, you are required to write a 8-10 page research paper analyzing an interesting “real world” public policy issue and present your results to peers at the end of the semester.
The rates of non-coverage for mental and substance use disorder care in the individual health insurance markets are considerably higher. Private health insurance generally limits the extent of these benefits. The combination of MHPEA and ACA extended overall health insurance coverage to more people and expanded the scope of coverage to include mental health and substance abuse benefits.
